Is asking roles just a part of gauging the community or does it have an affect on what types of ShowHNs are curated for that user? I'd consider myself both a designer and a hacker, but would prefer to see more design and front-end oriented ShowHNs.
I wish there were more examples on the site -- I hate giving my email if I don't see the product first (outside of a single screen shot.) I like seeing what was given in the last few newsletters before I decide.
I'm subscribed to so many curated HN newsletters so far, they are all starting to look the same.
You should open source a browser extension that allows your subscribers who are browsing http://news.ycombinator.com to vote on which stories should make the next edition of the newsletter. This way, you will ensure that your content stays appealing to your readership over the course of time.
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 57.4 ms ] threadThis might be the first newsletter I have ever actually opted-in to.
consider maybe also interesting askhns
joke aside, I remember seeing quite a few of these recently
...wait, this is /r/circlejerk right?
(I'm putting together a list of HN stuff - extensions, addons, userscripts, userstyles, etc, and this would be handy.)
If you are looking for an easy way to get HN data, the people who maintain the search mechanism have an API: https://www.hnsearch.com/api (and https://github.com/priestc/hnpercentile is an example service that leverages the API)
http://clearbottle.blogspot.de/2013/01/hacker-news-in-variou...
I was going to break it down into various categories like Show HN, Ask HN, jobs etc, but real life got in the way :-) so it is in limbo at the moment.
Hope this helps.
I'm subscribed to so many curated HN newsletters so far, they are all starting to look the same.